Match ends, Fleetwood Town 0, Scunthorpe United 1.
FleetwoodFleetwood Town0ScunthorpeScunthorpe United1
Scunthorpe earned victory at high-flying Fleetwood with Sam Winnall's second-half goal enough to seal it.
The woodwork denied Jeff Hughes an opener for Town while also having an effort saved by Sam Slocombe.
Scunthorpe broke the deadlock after Fleetwood took too long to clear and Winnall's shot cannoned off a red shirt and past keeper Scott Davies.
Deon Burton came close to adding a second, sending his effort spinning over the angle.
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Fleetwood manager Graham Alexander told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"It was a game we should have won. We didn't take the chances we created and conceded a massively deflected goal.
"I can't think of Scott having any other saves to make all night.
"We had some good attacking opportunities but we didn't have the luck or the quality that you need and we'll rue that because we haven't scored and that's cost us."
Scunthorpe boss Brian Laws told BBC Radio Humberside:
"Well I think every manager would like their team to respond in a positive manner and great credit to the players. It's solely down to them and the effort they have put I because we could have felt sorry for ourselves after Saturdays performance and result but it's that bouncing back.
"We never really broke away because we couldn't. We couldn't get the link up play and that was disappointing and if we improved that then we give ourselves a good chance of getting something today.
"They almost matched our system really well, so there wasn't a lot of space on there, so when we got the ball there were a lot of bodies around us."
Line-ups
Fleetwood
Formation 4-5-1
- 1Davies
- 14HoganSubstituted forBrownat 79'minutes
- 20Taylor
- 11Hughes
- 5Roberts
- 6Pond
- 7Evans
- 4MurdochSubstituted forBallat 79'minutes
- 9ParkinBooked at 81mins
- 18Sarcevic
- 17BlairSubstituted forMattat 66'minutes
Substitutes
- 10Matt
- 12Brown
- 15McLaughlin
- 16Cresswell
- 23Ball
- 24Crowther
- 33Lucas
Scunthorpe
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Slocombe
- 26ByrneBooked at 71mins
- 3Dawson
- 24Syers
- 5MirfinBooked at 73mins
- 6Canavan
- 7SparrowSubstituted forWaterfallat 90+1'minutes
- 4McAllister
- 29Winnall
- 28SpencerSubstituted forBurtonat 72'minutes
- 14HawkridgeSubstituted forRibeiroat 78'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Ribeiro
- 8Burton
- 10Esajas
- 13Severn
- 15Waterfall
- 16Adelakun
- 23Wootton
- Referee:
- Mark Heywood
- Attendance:
- 2,492
Match Stats
Home TeamFleetwoodAway TeamScunthorpe
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home12
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away1
- Corners
- Home4
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away12
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 0, Scunthorpe United 1.
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Foul by Jamille Matt (Fleetwood Town).
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Niall Canavan (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Niall Canavan.
Substitution
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Luke Waterfall replaces Matthew Sparrow.
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Charlie Taylor (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Deon Burton (Scunthorpe United).
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Attempt missed. Deon Burton (Scunthorpe United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Attempt missed. Antoni Sarcevic (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
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Hand ball by Deon Burton (Scunthorpe United).
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Attempt missed. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
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Attempt saved. Jamille Matt (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Booking
Jon Parkin (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Jon Parkin (Fleetwood Town).
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Andy Dawson (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Junior Brown replaces Liam Hogan.
Substitution
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. David Ball replaces Stewart Murdoch.
Substitution
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Christian Ribeiro replaces Terry Hawkridge.
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Attempt blocked. Jeff Hughes (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
